SERIOUS EFFECT ON COAL SITUATION
— Press Association
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.WESTPORT, Juiy 15. There is 110 cliange in tlie shipping situation today. Eight vessels are now in port and involved in the tie iip the serion'sness of whicli is apparent in the I'act that cargoes of coal are being withheld from Nelson, Wellington, Portland and Auckland. The total amount of coal distnbuted over the idle fleet is about 10,000 tons. ■ A further meeting of seamen was held this morning and it is stated that the decision uot to sail until' the counc.il of the Seamen 's Union has reeonsidered the lluding of the tribunal on the question of lighting and heating, uas reaffirmed. , Bad weather 111 the past two days hasnow made the bar unworkable for larger vessels l)ut those "in the Totara and Rata class could put to sea.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 July 1946, Page 8
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139SERIOUS EFFECT ON COAL SITUATION Chronicle (Levin), 16 July 1946, Page 8
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